232 BUBONIDJE. 



ing from the central streak ; ear-tufts two inches long, dark brown, 

 narrowly margined with golden buff on the external and broadly on 

 the inner web ; forehead rufous, with dark brown centres, eyebrow 

 white and the lores white, the latter with black bristles ; ear-coverts 

 dull chestnut, some of the feathers whitish ; round the face a disk 

 of blackish brown feathers, with which the hinder margins of the 

 ear-coverts coalesce, and behind the dark ruff appears another less 

 characterized one of bright orange ; chin whitish ; the throat-feathers 

 stiif, rufous with dark brown shaft-stripes ; rest of under surface 

 bright orange-buff, ^vith broad dark brown centres, narrower on the 

 abdomen and absent on the under tail-coverts ; leg-feathers yellowish 

 white ; under wing-coverts whitish, somewhat tinged with buff and 

 having a few brown spots near the outer margin, the greater series 

 whitish at base, dark brown at tip, resembling the inner lining of 

 the wing, which is ashy brown, barred with darker brown and incli- 

 ning to yellowish buff near the base of the feathers. Total length 

 13-5 inches, wing 10-9, tail G-5, tarsus 2-3. 



Obs. The specimen described is a dark example with a chestnut 

 face, which is also exhibited in a Bahian specimen. In other re- 

 spects, however, the latter differs in being everywhere more rufous, 

 the central stripes to the feathers of the upper surface being by no 

 means so distinct, while the vermiculatious are more generally dis- 

 persed over the upper surface ; the eyebrow and lores are pure 

 white, contrasting with the chestnut face. 



Two other examples, the one from Brazil the other from Bogota, 

 are much more mealy in general appearance, and are much whiter 

 underneath, with very little tinge of orange-buff or yellow ; and 

 consequently the black streaks stand out in bold relief. Above the 

 general aspect is lighter, the scapulars ha\'ing large external patches 

 of white, as also the greater wing-coverts. The tail-bands, eight 

 in number, are more broken up, and mingle with the vermiculatious 

 of the interspaces. 



Hub. Mexico southwards thi'ough Columbia to Brazil. 



3. Asio madagascarieusis. 



Otus madagascariensis, Smith, S.-Afr. Q. Journ. ii. no. 4, pt. 1, 

 p. 316 ; Gray, Cat. Accipitr. 1848, p. lOG ; Cass. Cat. Strigida 

 Philad. 3Ius. p. 3 ; Gurney, Ibis, 1809, p. 453 ; Schl. N. T. B. iv. 

 p. 1 ; id. Revue Accipitr. p. 2. 



Bubo madagascariensis, Bp. Consp. i. p. 44 ; Puchei-. Arch, du Mus. 

 iv. p. 328, pi. 23 ; Hartl. Faun. Madag. p. 23 ; Grand. Rev. et 

 Mag. ch Zool. 1867, p. 353 ; Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 44. 



Rhinoptvnx madagascariensis, Kaup, Tr. Z. S. iv. p. 235 ; id. Contr. 

 Orn. 1852, p. 114. 



Nisuella madagascariensis, Bp. Rer. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 542. 



Asio madagascariensis, StricM. Orn. )Si/n. p. 212 ; Xewt. P. Z. S. 

 1865, p. 834. 



